Dreams For Kids - Changing Lives One Kid At A Time - Dreams for Kids empowers at-risk youth and those with disabilities through dynamic leadership programs and life-changing activities.

Contact: Tom Tuohy, President

Dreams For Kids

Phone: 312-315-8400 (cell)

Email: ttuohy@dreamsforkids.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Forgotten Children Unite for the Largest Holiday Event in the World!

CHICAGO, Illinois (December 9, 2009)– Bringing hope to the most isolated and severely underprivileged children for years, the international children’s charity Dreams for Kidswill be hosting its 21^st Holiday for Hope on Saturday December 19, 2009 at IBEW Local #134 Hall, 600 Washington, Chicago, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Chicago’s Holiday for Hope will bring together over 1,000 children from Illinois for a holiday party filled with games, clowns, music, food, gifts from the community, hope and love. Original Board of Advisors member Jesse White will bring 400 Chicago area children.

A global movement held to inspire the forgotten children of the world and remind them they are not alone, Holiday for Hope is held in cities across the country and countries across the globe. This year Dreams for Kids will be joined by individuals and groups from India, Egypt, Argentina, Africa, and many others for the largest celebration of its kind in the world!

Holiday for Hope was started with a small act of kindness by a dozen volunteers on Christmas Eve 1989; 54 children in a homeless shelter on the Southside of Chicago were given the gift of Christmas. Left with the words by Clara’s House Shelter founder Clara Kirk,, “If you would not have come, these kids would never have known it was Christmas,” Dreams for Kids was inspired and determined to reach further each year. Today, the Holiday for Hope celebration brings love and joy to over 6,000 children worldwide.

What is Dreams for Kids?

Dreams for Kids is an international youth organization and 501(c) (3) children’s charity, with a mission to empower young people of all abilities through dynamic leadership programs and life-changing activities. By helping others find their dreams, they realize their own. Founded Holiday for Hope, the world’s largest holiday celebration for homeless and underprivileged kid. Created Extreme Recess, the first adaptive sports and activities program of its kind for kids with disabilities. Launched the global Dream Leaders program to bring youth of all abilities and backgrounds together to create change through local and global community service projects. For more information about Dreams for Kids children’s charity visit www.dreamsforkids.org, call 1-866-729-5454

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